Grant Mitchell
Acting
Born June 17, 1874, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Grant Mitchell (born John Grant Mitchell Jr.) was an American stage and screen actor. He is best remembered for his portrayals of fathers, husbands, bank clerks, businessmen, school principals and similar type characters, usually supporting, in films of the 1930s and 1940s. Mitchell, a Yale post graduate at Harvard Law, gave up his law practice to become an actor, making his stage debut at age 27. He appeared in lead roles on Broadway in such plays as "It Pays to Advertise", "The Champion", "The Whole Town's Talking", and "The Baby Cyclone", the last which was specially written for him by George M. Cohan. His screen career took off with the advent of sound (years earlier he had appeared in at least two silent films). He appeared primarily in B films, though from time to time enjoyed being a part of A-quality productions such as Dinner at Eight (1933), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942), and Arsenic and Old Lace (1944). Grant Mitchell retired from show business in 1948. He died, age 82, in Los Angeles in 1957.
Filmography
- 1964The Big Parade of Comedy — Ed Loomis in 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1948Who Killed Doc Robbin? — Judge
- 1947Blondie's Anniversary — Samuel Breckenbridge
- 1947Blondie's Holiday — Samuel Breckenridge
- 1947Honeymoon — Congressman Crenshaw
- 1947It Happened on Fifth Avenue — Al Farrow
- 1947The Corpse Came C.O.D. — Mitchell Edwards
- 1946Easy to Wed — Homer Henshaw
- 1945A Medal for Benny — Mayor of Pantera
- 1945Bedside Manner — Mr. Pope
- 1945Bring on the Girls — Ralph Neely
- 1945Conflict — Dr. Grant
- 1945Crime, Inc. — Wayne Clark
- 1945Guest Wife — House Detective
- 1945Leave Her to Heaven — Carlson (uncredited)
- 1945Watchtower Over Tomorrow — Passenger with newspaper
- 1944And Now Tomorrow — Uncle Wallace
- 1944Arsenic and Old Lace — Reverend Harper
- 1944See Here, Private Hargrove — Uncle George
- 1944Step Lively — Dr. Gibbs
- 1944The Impatient Years — Hotel Clerk
- 1944When the Lights Go On Again — Arnold Benson
- 1943All by Myself — J.D. Gibbons
- 1943Dixie — Mr. Mason
- 1943The Amazing Mrs. Holliday — Edgar Holliday
- 1942Cairo — OHP Boggs
- 1942Larceny, Inc. — Mr. Aspinwall
- 1942March On, America! — John Quincy Adams (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1942Meet the Stewarts — Mr. Goodwin
- 1942My Sister Eileen — Walter Sherwood
- 1942Orchestra Wives — Dr. Ward
- 1942The Gay Sisters — Gilbert Wheeler
- 1941Footsteps in the Dark — Wellington Carruthers
- 1941Nothing but the Truth — Mr. Bishop
- 1941One Foot in Heaven — Clayton Potter
- 1941Skylark — Frederick Vantine
- 1941The Feminine Touch — Dean Hutchinson
- 1941The Great Lie — Joshua Mason
- 1941The Man Who Came to Dinner — Ernest W. Stanley
- 1941The Penalty — Judge
- 1941Tobacco Road — George Payne
- 1940Castle on the Hudson — Dr. Ames - the Psychologist (uncredited)
- 1940Edison, the Man — Snade
- 1940Father Is A Prince — John W. Bower
- 1940It All Came True — Rene Salmon
- 1940My Love Came Back — Dr. Kobbe
- 1940New Moon — Governor of New Orleans
- 1940The Bride Wore Crutches — E.J. Randall
- 1940The Grapes of Wrath — Caretaker
- 1940We Who Are Young — Jones
- 19396,000 Enemies — Warden Alan Parkhurst
- 1939Hell's Kitchen — Hiram Krispan
- 1939Mr. Smith Goes to Washington — Senator MacPherson
- 1939On Borrowed Time — Mr. Pilbeam
- 1939The Monroe Doctrine — John Quincy Adams
- 1939The Secret of Dr. Kildare — John Archley
- 1938Hollywood Hotel — B.L. Faulkin
- 1938Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus — Henry Peck
- 1938Reformatory — Arnold Frayne
- 1938That Certain Age — Jeweler
- 1938The Headleys at Home — Ernest Headley
- 1938Women Are Like That — Mr. Snell
- 1938Youth Takes a Fling — Duke
- 1937First Lady — Ellsworth T. Banning
- 1937Lady Behave! — Burton Williams
- 1937Music for Madame — District Attorney Ernest Robinson
- 1937The Last Gangster — Warden
- 1937The Life of Emile Zola — Georges Clemenceau
- 1936Her Master's Voice — Horace J. Twilling
- 1936Moonlight Murder — Paul Adams
- 1936My American Wife — Robert Cantillon
- 1936Next Time We Love — Michael Jennings
- 1936Parole! — Marty Crawford
- 1936Piccadilly Jim — Herbert Pett
- 1936The Devil Is a Sissy — Paul Krumpp
- 1936The Ex-Mrs. Bradford — John Summers, Luxury's Owner
- 1936The Garden Murder Case — District Attorney Markham
- 1935A Dream Comes True — Egeus (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1935A Midsummer Night's Dream — Egeus
- 1935Broadway Gondolier — E.V. Richards, Radio Producer
- 1935Gold Diggers of 1935 — Louis Lamson
- 1935In Person — Thaddeus Parks
- 1935It's in the Air — W. R. Gridley
- 1935Men Without Names — Andrew Webster, banker
- 1935One More Spring — Henry Sheridan
- 1935Redheads on Parade — Minor Role (uncredited)
- 1935Seven Keys to Baldpate — Thomas Hayden
- 1935Straight from the Heart — Austin
- 1935Traveling Saleslady — Rufus Twitchell
- 1934365 Nights in Hollywood — J. Walter Delmar
- 1934Gridiron Flash — Howard Smith
- 1934One Exciting Adventure — Fussli
- 1934The Case of the Howling Dog — District Attorney Claude Drumm
- 1934The Cat's-Paw — Silk Hot McGee
- 1934The Poor Rich — Tom Hopkins
- 1934The Secret Bride — Willis Martin
- 1934The Show-Off — Mr. 'Pa'
- 1934Twenty Million Sweethearts — Sharpe
- 1934We're Rich Again — Wilbur Page
- 1933Central Airport — Mr. Blaine
- 1933Convention City — J.B. Honeywell
- 1933Dancing Lady — Jasper Bradley Sr.
- 1933Dinner at Eight — Ed Loomis
- 1933He Learned About Women — Appleby
- 1933Heroes for Sale — George Gibson
- 1933I Love That Man — Dr. Crittenden - Dentist
- 1933King for a Night — Rev. John Williams
- 1933Lilly Turner — Dr. Hawley
- 1933Our Betters — Thornton Clay
- 1933Saturday's Millions — Ezra Fowler
- 1933Shadows of Sing Sing — Joe Martel
- 1933The Stranger's Return — Allen
- 1933Tomorrow at Seven — Austin Winters
- 1933Wild Boys of the Road — James Smith
- 193220,000 Years in Sing Sing — Tester of Convicts' IQs (uncredited)
- 1932A Successful Calamity — Connors
- 1932Big City Blues — Station Agent
- 1932If I Had a Million — Prison Priest (uncredited)
- 1932No Man of Her Own — Vane
- 1932The Famous Ferguson Case — Martin Collins
- 1932Three on a Match — Mr. Gilmore (uncredited)
- 1932Week-End Marriage — Doctor
- 1931The Star Witness — Pa Leeds
- 1930Man to Man — Barber John Martin Bolton
- 1922The Man from M.A.R.S. — Arthur Wyman
- 1916The Misleading Lady — Stephen Weatherbee
Appearances as themselves (2)
- 1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? — Self (archive footage)
- 1935Things You Never See on the Screen — Self